FireMedic65

oops, missed the part where he actually made it to the hospital. Cross out the part about having the cop take him to the hospital.

Hello, nice to meet you. I visited there a few years ago. Nice place, lots of nice people. Welcome to the city, enjoy

It could have helped, although running a "blue light" as in my state, is what volunteer folk use. It is a courtesy light to inform other motorists they need to get someone to assist with an emergency. Having one, and using it is a big responsibility that many people who use them, more often than not.. forget. Using one, by no means gives you a right or "free pass" to speed, run stop sign or red lights. You have to follow the traffic laws like everyone else. You don't even have to pull to the side of the road to let them pass you by. Now, if you want to run a red light, like the ambulances have. That is a whole different story in which I am not very familiar with. I am sure it is not an easy process and not allowed for just everyone, regardless if you are a DR or not. Surgeons and their team members who are on call at trauma centers and other hospitals, don't use them. They have to travel like everyone else, but have to be within certain distances when they are on-call. Now, for this particular situation. The cop should have taken the man's situation seriously, and asked for credentials. When they are supplied, the cop should have had a heart and taken him to the hospital himself in an emergent manner, so he could assist this woman in crisis. Then given him a ticket for breaking the law. Sorry, he broke the law.. no get out of jail free cards, even for DR. If this was such a huge ordeal that he had to be there so fast, I am sure there were others with this woman who could have assisted until he got there. Nurses are highly trained in their field and could obtain orders from the DR over the phone, or another DR in the hospital, one of which who could have and should have come to the aid of the woman. Maybe not an obstetrics DR, but still a DR none the less. Just cause you went into a differently specialty does not mean you didn't learn about the others.

Your skills test will most likely be similar to the NR testing. Maybe some added things specific to your area and their operations. Do they do fitness testing as well?

What about the people who are not sick? What did they eat/drink. What did they do differently that the sick ones had not. Was there tartar sauce with those fish sticks? Get the sick kids cared for. Maintain their airways aggressively, run IV saline bolus's on them. Rapid transport ASAP on them. Have a few people, if you can spare them to inspect the area for anything out of the ordinary, such as plants, weeds, mushrooms around around. Eating poisonous mushrooms is very serious. Depending on what mushrooms were ingested, will determine the effects. It can vary from GI problems (which we have here), neurological effects, hallucinations, liver/kidney damage, and death. If I remember correctly, there is no direct antidote for mushroom poisoning. The only effective treatment is replacement of fluids, use of whole blood, and pumping the stomach to get out contents that have not yet been digested and metabolized into the blood stream.

It's those silly vegetarians! Fish sticks and tofu dogs. Also, meat "flavored" soy burgers.

What kind of salads? Lettuce ones? Macaroni, pasta, potato, brocholi? Those all use dairy products such a mayo or miracle whip that could have spoiled in the summer heat. Request more personal to come and declare MCI. Also request the city bus for transport. Any family there that is medically trained? Such as first aid, other EMT's or medic, any nurses or DRs maybe (I know, that would be too easy, but wouldn't hurt to ask). If so, see if they can assist in helping. How are the vitals of the more critical patients? S/S of patients that can answer questions. Do they have similar responses?

I bet it's the miracle whip... that stuff will kill ya!

Morphine dosage for dogs is 0.1 to 0.25 mg/kg. (bout the same as peds, not sure why I remembered why it was the same dose for dogs)

I had TRON for my NES. Good times!

Morphine costs about $22 for 10mg/5ml (1 bottle, 100ml) A needle would cost what? less than $5? Hope they don't gripe about the costs. I for one, among others who already posted, and grateful there are people out there who will go the extra mile to help a hurt animal. BRAVO!

Uhhh, I was talking about google making the big bucks, not ems forums. Also, that was sarcasm about the rest. Look it up.

Sad that most of these fires that are so devastating, are arson. What the hell is wrong with people??

animals feel pain too.. why should they suffer when their pain could be eased as well

oh yes, don't forget the beer!

welcome, enjoy the stay and bring me some pizza

What kind of food? Properly cooled? Any fish/chicken/meat that could have spoiled?

We no longer carry activated charcoal where I work. I know silly huh? Anyway, I would contact poison control and consult with them and notify the hospital of what they say or get a call back number to continue their suggestions.

makes poptarts too I would like something a little more compact, with more ease of use like others have said. With bluetooth, it would be much more convenient with having less wires all over the place. Anyone else notice they are a pain in butt to carry around too?

Sorry, I forgot that I saw this site right under google in the list of top sites. This site is also a multimillion dollar website, that thousands and thousands use every day. Advertisers pay buckets of money to advertise on here. There are many employees all over the place developing new things too.

No idea, we should want to wear stuff that makes us safe. I know I do.

Any companies out there have in house exercise programs? I know a lot of hiring processes require you to be fit and do fitness testing. Just wondering if anyone out there has weight rooms or exercise facilities on site for employees to stay in shape. Do you have to maintain a certain level of fitness, like yearly testing on running, lifting, sit-ups and such like that. IF you do not have on-site facilities to workout, does you company foot the bill for a corporate membership to a gym?

I have seen videos of both being used, but never used one personally. My question is about disinfecting. What if one gets blood or something else on it. Do you have send it to a rep to get cleaned, do you soak it in a bucket with a cleaning solution, or is it easily taken apart yourself to be cleaned? Forgive my ignorance, since I have never actually held either in my hands to look at for myself.

Push on the bump in the road... "OOOPS 10mg went in!"

Thanks zilla, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain that to me. We carry all the medications mentioned in your first paragraph, with the exception of Haldol. We do carry etomidate, but we are unable to use it unless we are running a dual medic truck, which is rare. The combination of medications you talked about are roughly what I was assuming. With a a little bit of a difference in dosages, it was right on the money of what we have been doing in the past. Thanks